As Bob mention on his column a few days ago, the highlight of our trip to Father Franco’s place was meeting new people especially the 3 ladies who are from Peru. It was really nice talking to them, even the mom although sometimes we had a hard time understanding each other. We did enjoy talking […]
Davao is going green!
In the past few weeks, Davao City has been having a green revolution! I’ve never been much of an environmentalist. I believe that we should take care of the environment, but I am not a rabid “go green” person by any means. I do believe, though, that when there is an opportunity that comes along […]
Philippine Tourism Improvements On A Budget — Part 2
A couple weeks ago I published a post on this subject which got me quite a few interesting comments and bits of feedback. I really appreciate all those who shared their ideas. A couple updates since that last post. Although I have seen no real evidence of the Department of Tourism advertising in general interest […]
OK, I just don’t get it
I like to think that I am a person of reasonable intelligence, and understanding when it comes to dealing with other people. Sure, sometimes I lose my cool a bit, but we all do that from time to time, I think. But, something happened the other day, which just reminded me of other similar events […]
Shopping for towels?
Shopping for towels? It sure seems like a very esoteric topic for LiP, but don’t worry, it will have relevance, just read on. You see, when we moved to the Philippines in May of 2000, we brought plenty of towels with us, in addition to all of our personal/household items. As a matter of fact, […]
Changing mindset…
It’s funny how the human mind can be conditioned. Given a certain set of circumstances, we will act in a certain way, but if circumstances change, our reaction to a certain event may be exactly the opposite. Yesterday, I wrote an article about our Easter Sunday trip to Buda for lunch with Father Franco. During […]